Notebook·34 CDF art. 130-2·1959

Courtois's notebook, Enkomi 1959Jacques-Claude Courtois

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Handwritten in French. Every line is transcribed and translated, and the English sits beside the scan.

Scan 21 of notebook 34 CDF art. 130-2 (Courtois's notebook, Enkomi 1959), handwritten in French. The transcription and translation follow.

Scan: Collège de France, Paris, 34 CDF art. 130-2, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

Page 11Scan 21 of 66

17-XI-59(continued)North Area: group of sherds bichrome between 13 and 14 at 1 m 60 depth, with incised t.c. spindle whorl in the south-west corner of the room Opening of a new trench parallel to the first, on the side west, piq. 13 to 16.

Between piq. 3 and 4, two handles incised with Cypriot sign, c. 1 m 80 with handles of milk-bowls, good workmanship, and other Late Bronze sherds

Shaft tomb1st layer2nd layerIn cylindrical cavity, Pt 240 -2m,30 4: 3m,20 5: 5 m, 50; discovery of four footless jugs with one handle painted in fine Middle Bronze style, brownblack or red, similar to those discovered the day before, at 1 m 50 to the south-west at point 239. Lower down, still in the same cavity, new series of five painted jugs and decorated spindle whorl at -2 m 65

65 figures hard to readstruck struck outadded written in above” jug ditto, and what it repeatsword reading not certain

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